CHAPTER 244: DUNE WORMS

Jason aimed for the Giants’ heads with his [Iron Storm] and tried his best to hit their eyes, and he was rewarded with a loud cry as more than three Giants had their eyes pierced by the blades! The blind Giants began to stumble around aimlessly, and they slammed into the Giants around them and began falling to the ground! Jason was right about the Giants being around Rook Rank I in strength, but being strong didn’t mean that they were smart, and Jason was glad that he didn’t have to put too much effort into avoiding them!

WOOSH!

Suddenly, one of the Giants dropped its sword and raised its shield up before swinging it in a wide arc to try and smack the Skyking out of the air! Jason told the Skyking to swerve to the side to avoid it, and he fired another volley of swords towards the Giant’s head to blind it!

But Jason’s eyes suddenly widened when he felt an intense wave of mana surge through the atmosphere! Even if Jason were asked at that moment to explain what he did next, he wouldn’t be able to put it into words because of how instinctual it was, but Jason had a sudden realization that there was an even more powerful monster coming from below!

BOOM!

A giant monster suddenly flew out from underground with its mouth wide open, and Jason let out a curse as he saw it! It looked like a giant worm with no arms or legs, but it had hundreds of thousands of teeth arranged in multiple sharp rows that descended into the darkness of its mouth! Jason cursed once he saw the monster as he was suddenly reminded of that giant sea-monster that tried to swallow him whole! The worm looked like something straight out of a nightmare, and Jason couldn’t help but wonder where the hell the Lich was getting subordinates like these! The time between when Jason felt the worm’s mana and when the worm shot out from the ground was barely up to half a second, but that half a second was the only thing that saved Jason from getting swallowed whole! Jason got up on the back of the Skyking in one fluid motion and jumped into the air at the same time that the monster reached the Skyking! Jason created a blade using [Iron Storm] and grabbed it before he shot it forward just before the monster could close its mouth! The sword carried Jason as it blasted through the air and out of the monster’s reach, and the monster finally slammed its large mouth closed around the Skyking!

Jason turned around to see the monster falling back into the ground, and he narrowed his eyes as he called on Raya and told her to catch him! Raya abandoned her fight and raced toward Jason’s location, and Jason let go of the sword and fell on Raya’s back before he told her to swerve to the left! Raya did as she was told, and not a moment later, another large worm burst out from the ground as it tried to take a bite out of Raya! The worms were at least twice as large as the Giants, and even though they weren’t revealing their full length, Jason could only guess that they were more than a hundred feet long.

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The user has resurrected [1] Rook Rank I subordinate

-300 MP

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Jason quickly used up some of his mana to resurrect the Skyking, and he frowned as he continued moving around on Raya’s back.

’How many monsters does this bastard have? I’ve killed more than four hundred of them, but they just keep coming! I need to find him soon. At this rate, the Legion’s going to get overwhelmed before I can finish him off.’

Jason allowed his senses to travel towards the Iron Bladed Falcons that he had sent out as scouts, and he frowned when he saw that they still hadn’t found the Lich. The Falcons were flying across the entire surface of the world to find the Lich. They were searching for any area that had a sufficient amount of mana, but all they had seen so far were a group of goat-legged people that were hiding in an underground shelter. Jason told them to ignore everything and continue searching, and the Falcons released obedient cries as they kept flying around! Jason turned back to the fight after that, and he moved Raya to the right as another large worm appeared from the ground!

BOOM!

This time, the worm was too close to one of the Giants and it ended up tearing off the Giant’s legs and half its body when it closed its mouth! Jason hummed when he saw the giant twitching on the ground, and he realized that the worms weren’t picking who they attacked. The worms were stronger than the Giants, and they were more than willing to kill the Giant if they got in their way, so all Jason had to do was to get the worms and Giants to handle each other!

’It’s not going to be easy, but if I can draw the Giants towards the worms, then I can reduce their numbers quickly.’

Raya turned around a large sword that came towards them, and she dived down to avoid a shield bash from another Giant! Jason felt a surge of mana from under him and he quickly made Raya shift away from the incoming attack as another worm flew out from underground with its mouth wide open! The Giants that had tried to attack Raya earlier were still in the way, so the worm ended up taking an arm from each of them, and Jason quickly commanded Raya to turn around and use [Linear Charge] on the Giants!

TWOOM!

Raya charged forward like a gatling gun and slammed into the stomach of the Giant! She easily tore into the Giant’s stomach and carved a hole through it as she burst out from its other side! The Giant released a loud groan as it fell back to the ground, and Jason got a notification in his system!

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The user has killed [5] Undead Giant Paladins

+7500 Kill Points

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Jason and Raya dodged around the sword of another Giant and Jason told Raya to focus on dodging the attacks while he turned his attention towards the battle that was going on between the rest of his Legion and the undead monsters back in the city! Ragnar and the Dragonborn Imperial Guard were roaming across the battlefield like executioners and unleashing blasts of fire that destroyed dozens of monsters at a time. Many of the flying undead began to gather around Ragnar once they noticed that he was the one causing the most damage, but the Iron Bladed Falcons and Adamantine Ants made sure to form a protective space around Ragnar to prevent any of the monsters from getting close!

Ragnar unleashed another blast as he soared over the battlefield, and Jason gained a wide grin when he saw that Ragnar’s Hierarchy Progression had finally reached a hundred percent! Finally!

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[Ragnar]

[Ashenvalley Dragon]

[Rook Rank II]

[Hierarchy Level: 2 [100%]]

[Subordinate Count: 20/20]

[Upgrade Points: 0/150]

[Upgrade Limit: Knight Rank I]

[MP: 10,000]

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[Would the user like to transfer [150] Upgrade Points to the subordinate? Yes/No?]

Jason immediately chose ’yes’ as Raya swerved away from another sword swing from a Giant Paladin, and Jason could literally feel the moment when Ragnar’s power rose from Rank II to Rank III! The entire world seemed to shake down to its foundation as a pulse of mana travelled over the land, and Jason watched through the eyes of his subordinates as Ragnar’s body began to change! Ragnar’s wingspan grew larger and wider, and his body grew stronger! His teeth became sharper and the dangerous glint in his eyes became more deadly as he raised his head and unleashed a terrifying roar into the sky!

ROARRRR!!